Many people use the same password on multiple websites. If one website is compromised, bad actors may try to use these passwords on other sites. As a result, we monitor online forums where lists of emails and passwords appear from time to time. If we believe that an email and password combination on one of these lists may match the one you use for your Oculus account, we will proactively invalidate your current password and ask you to choose a new, unique password to help protect your account. This process is designed as a preventative measure. It doesn’t necessarily mean that your account has been compromised.

To help avoid this issue in the future, here are a few tips on how to protect your passwords online:

Don’t use a password that you’ve used previously, and don’t use your Oculus password anywhere else.

Never share your password. You should be the only one who knows it.

Avoid including your name or common words. Your password should be difficult to guess.

If you receive store credit from Oculus, you can check your store credit balance from your settings in the Oculus app. Before you use your store credit, you’ll need to add a payment method to your account. All your Oculus devices share the same store credit.

Oculus Rift

To check your store credit balance using the Oculus app on your computer:

When you connect PayPal with your Oculus account, Oculus requires a PayPal Billing Agreement be made using a connected bank account, debit or credit card.

After PayPal has been added to your Oculus Account successfully, you can change your preferred PayPal payment method, including options for PayPal Credit or PayPal Balance, within your PayPal Wallet settings.

Oculus Go

To change the language for the Oculus app on your Oculus Go connected phone:

The language you see in the Oculus app will be based off the language you select in your phone settings. If the language you select from your phone settings isn’t supported in the Oculus app, the language in the Oculus app will default to an Oculus-supported language in your location. If there isn’t an Oculus-supported language available in your location, it’ll default to English.

The Oculus app for Oculus Go supports the following languages:

Czech

Danish

Dutch

German

Greek

English (US)

English (UK)

Finnish

French

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese (Brazil)

Portuguese (Portugal)

Romanian

Russian

Spanish (Spain)

Spanish (LATAM)

Swedish

Turkish

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)

Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

Gear VR

To change the language for the Oculus app on your Samsung Android Phone:

The language you see in the Oculus app will be based off the language you select in your Android phone settings. If the language you select from your phone settings isn’t supported in the Oculus app, the language in the Oculus app will default to an Oculus-supported language in your locale. If there isn’t an Oculus-supported language available in your locale, it’ll default to English.

Linked Accounts

You can choose to link your Oculus account with your Facebook account so you can do things like livestream to Facebook, invite your Facebook friends to Oculus games and view your saved 360 photos and videos in Facebook 360.

Creating Your Oculus Account With Facebook Login

When you create an Oculus account, you can choose to log in and link it with your Facebook account. All your Oculus devices share the same account. By choosing to link your account, you agree:

Your Facebook friends will become your Oculus friends. As you add friends on Facebook and your friends connect to Oculus, your friend list will be automatically updated. However, if you add a friend on Oculus, they won't become your friend on Facebook.

Your Facebook name will become your real name on Oculus.

Even if your settings currently restrict your real name privacy, your Facebook friends who link their accounts to Oculus will be able to see and search your real name.

Logging Into Your Account With Facebook Login

If you've previously created an Oculus account or recently created one using Facebook Login, you can continue to login using your Facebook account.

However, if you create your Oculus account on your Gear VR or Oculus Go first and then want to log into your account on your Oculus Rift, you'll need to set a password using the Oculus app on your phone. Once you set your password, you can use it to log into your Oculus account on your Rift.

Oculus Go

To set a password using the Oculus app on your Oculus Go connected phone:

Open the Oculus app on your phone.

Tap Settings and then tap Set Password.

Enter a password and then tap Save.

Gear VR

To set a password using the Oculus app on your Samsung Android phone:

Open the Oculus app on your phone.

Tap More and then tap Set Password.

Enter a password and then tap Save.

Linking and Unlinking Your Account

If you choose not to use Facebook Login, you can also link and unlink your account to Facebook from your settings.

Public Test Channel

Before we make our software available to everyone, we put it through a variety of tests in an effort to ensure there are no major issues. The Oculus Gear VR Public Test Channel Program is an opportunity for our community to test pre-release builds of the Oculus apps, and join in to help with the process. Together we can work to build better features and updates, and we look forward to hearing your suggestions, issues you report, and feedback on new features and changes.

You can choose to join the Gear VR Public Test Channel anytime, and by enrolling, you’ll be given the option to report any issues you encounter while testing potential changes. You can also choose to leave the program anytime after you’ve enrolled. Keep in mind enrolling in the Gear VR Public Test Channel means you’ll be testing a beta version of the Oculus apps that aren’t a finished product, so you may encounter issues ranging from minor issues to app crashes. If you run into any issues that cause discomfort or safety features to stop working, we recommend you stop using your Gear VR or use it with caution.

Enrolling in the Gear VR Public Test Channel

You’ll automatically get the pre-release version of the Oculus apps when one is available. Otherwise, you’ll get the public version.

Once you’ve enrolled in the Public Test Channel, you can choose to opt-out at any time by returning to the Advanced Settings section of the Oculus app and toggling the Gear VR Public Test Channel off.

To enroll in the Oculus Gear VR Public Test Channel:

Open the Oculus app on your phone

Tap More and then tap Advanced Settings

Next to Gear VR Public Test Channel, tap to enroll

On the popup screen, read the messaging and tap 'OK'

To opt-out of the Gear VR Public Test Channel:

Open the Oculus app on your phone

Tap More and then tap Advanced Settings

Next to Gear VR Public Test Channel, tap to opt-out

On the popup screen, read the messaging and tap 'Confirm'

Once you’ve enrolled in the Gear VR Public Test Channel, you can choose to leave at any time by returning to the Advanced Settings section of the Oculus app and tapping next to Gear VR Public Test Channel. If you experience any issues leaving the Gear VR Public Test Channel, please uninstall and then reinstall the Oculus apps.

Note: Turning this setting on or off won’t immediately change your app version. The setting only controls which app version you will receive during the next app release.